Jimmy Stewart Leaves $375,000 To Indiana, Pa. It's A Wonderful Town

Jimmy Stewart, the very embodiment of small-town values on the big screen, has given something back to his home town.

Stewart, who died July 2 at 89, left $375,000 to the Greater Indiana Endowment to use however it likes.

"Just as Jimmy Stewart will live on in his great films, so will his legacy live on, doing substantial good in Indiana (western Pennsylvania) year after year," said the Rev. Allan Campbell, chief executive of the endowment.

Stewart quietly donated $20,000 in 1991 to help start the endowment, which distributes about $15,000 a year to shelters for the homeless, recreation programs and various other causes in Indiana.